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#THESETHINGSMATTER
we are small, they are small, it’s the prefect partnership. buying direct supports small family businesses and the local economy. THESE THINGS MATTER. their products are world class and make us better.
1 michael : organic lamb : sheep walk farm
michael is ploughing his own furrow in the farming world, a sustainable organic model which sets an example for others to follow
organic meatballs
2 tj & eamon : outdoor reared pork : crowe’s farm
when you’ve tasted their sausages and rashers you will want no others
green eggs and ham
3 brock : coffee : badger and dodo
one of the mavericks of the third wave coffee secene in ireland. sources and roasts great coffee
flat white
4 ralph : milk : mossfield organic
this non homogenised full fat milk has improved our flat whites and cappuccino by 100%.
real milk
5 joe : bread : riot rye
there are two distinct parts to my life..before tasting joe’s bread and after
amazing bread
6 bob & ruth : bagels : wild onion
bring their unique characters to their baking as much as they did to their much loved cafe.
(as everyone locally knows ruth passed away and bakery closed. this left a large hole in our menu and hearts)
we miss ruth
7 siobhan : cheese : st tola goats cheese
you need to make her cheese part of your life
peas and cheese salad
8 karen : chocolate : bean and goose
‘don’t get high on your own supply’…i nearly eat as much of their chocolate as i sell.
bean and goose break
9 birgitta : mackerel : burren smokehouse
birgitta is making a super, food super !
superfood burren smoked mackerel, pea & walnut
10 john : packaging : down to earth material
it’s important all our packaging is completly compostable; these plastics are made from corn. all down to earths packaging and plastic is sustainable which is better for the planet
better for the planet